I find it quite hard to find open source software for windows. In time i might switch to linux, but for now i am stuck with windows 10.

Is there some reliable place where you can search for open source software?

Or is it that devs usually just don’t bother with windows?

EDIT: everyone, thank you so much for your input! I will check it all out. Yes, of course windows is evil, and i hope/expect to switch to linux before windows 11 comes around, but i still need it for a few programs, unfortunately. Once these come with a linux version - which is in the works - i can make the switch. Degoogling/demicrosofting is a process and i’m working on it.

Have a great weekend and thank you for the time to answer my question.

  • people_are_cute
    9•9 months ago

    Winget… literally just acts as an installer downloader. Scoop and Chocolatey actually maintain repositories.

    Not to mention Scoop offers a lot more Unix tools that winget won’t. Also it stores everything cleanly in a single folder in your %userprofile% and never requires admin privileges.

    Also, winget serves more proprietary software than FOSS, which is something OP cares about.